{"id":352,"date":"2012-07-06T19:49:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T00:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwwrites.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2012-07-06T20:04:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T01:04:49","slug":"church-tithing-besthustleever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwwrites.com\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"Church Tithing #BestHustleEver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After reading a post on FB this morning about Black Churches collecting $3 billion in tithes every Sunday I decided to do a little research. I already knew that Black Churches collect a lot of money on Sunday\u2019s but $3 billion seemed a bit outlandish. After a quick search I found that those numbers were way too high but came across more realistic numbers that are still high but far less than the $3 billion that I had read about earlier.<\/p>\n

In one report I read that the Black Church has taken in upwards of $420 billion in revenue since 1980. 32 years $420 billion, that\u2019s approximately $13.125 billion dollars a year which comes out to which comes down to $252.4 million dollars per week. Are you F\u2019ing kidding me?<\/p>\n

$252 million dollars per week is an astronomical figure. In 2011 the Black Church collected over $14 billion in tithes which is $875 million higher than average. So in these tough economic times we still find enough money to prop up these churches with almost a billion more in offerings.<\/p>\n

Am I the only one that sees a problem with this? Am I the only one that thinks that this issue needs to addressed by the Black community as a whole? I doubt it so if you are reading this and think like I do, please pass this on.<\/p>\n

Based on last year\u2019s numbers of roughly $14 billion in collections, that breaks down to $269.2 million dollars per Sunday being pumped into the Black Church economy.<\/p>\n

Where does it all go? Do churches need that type of money to operate?<\/p>\n

If half of that money was being put back into the economic development of the African American communities that it came from, we\u2019d be seeing nothing short of a new age renaissance. But unfortunately it\u2019s being used for other purposes like:<\/p>\n

-Church building funds, a legal way for the church to carry over unspent revenue into the new year to avoid IRS scrutiny.<\/p>\n

-Pastor what\u2019s his names new Bentley, because GOD, in my best T D Jakes voice, wants him to live like a king, because he\u2019s doing GOD\u2019s work, hallelujah!<\/p>\n

-Into legal defense funds because PastTha Under Privileged Youth, likes to take young boys on \u201cspecial faith building\u201d vacations.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

-Or into Clepto Dollars new G5, because the Almighty wants us all to be rich, so make him\u00a0rich and GOD will miraculously make you rich.<\/p>\n

But what people fail to see and understand is that, these dudes aren\u2019t waiting for miracles to fund their lifestyles, they don\u2019t have to pray day in and day out to make their ends meet. They\u2019re getting rich off God, not from God! They get up and tell their congregation that it\u2019s their duty to give 10% of their money to the church and God will give it back to them 10 fold, but the vast majority of people that do this week in and week out, never see this happen for them. Yeah every so often they might get lucky and get a few unexpected dollars, but for the most part they\u2019re living from check to check in massive debt, waiting for a miracle.<\/p>\n

$14 billion dollars can:<\/p>\n

– buy 93,333 homes valued at $150,000<\/p>\n

– pay for tuition up to $15,000 per year for 933,333 college kids or 1,866,666 @ $7500 per year<\/p>\n

– feed every homeless person in America for a year<\/p>\n

You get the picture right. We give that much money to \u201cGod\u201d every single year and God never gives it back 10 fold, because if he did then there would be no poor Black people, so something is wrong with this assumption!<\/p>\n

Oh wait, maybe I have to die to get it. That\u2019s the best hustle on this planet; if you don\u2019t get it here on earth, you\u2019ll get it when you die and go to heaven. And it just so happens that not one person in the history of this planet has died, went to heaven, and came back to tell everybody that it\u2019s true; when you die you get treasures in heaven. Even though the bible states that you need not material things in heaven, so um, what exactly am I supposed to get when I die? C\u2019mon Mr. Preacher Man, tell me! You\u2019re hell bent on having all the finer things in life while you\u2019re here, not in heaven, but you keep your parishioners focused on the getting it in heaven so they won\u2019t complain about the wealth that you are building for you and your family.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a question for you, why does GOD need money? Men need money to build bigger churches and buy lavish things to trick you into thinking that GOD favors them because they are preachers. It\u2019s BS, everything that your pastor strives for, the one you call Jesus whose real name was Yashua, was against when it came down to being a man of GOD. If he came back tomorrow damn near every preacher in Christianity would get a quick trip to hell, and that\u2019s what\u2019s up. More to come on the Black Church later!<\/p>\n

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